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Judge gives preliminary approval to NC juvenile confinement settlement
A federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a settlement ending a class-action lawsuit over solitary confinement of juveniles in North Carolina.
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Appeals Court rules for Sunset Beach in suit over alleged assault
A federal Appeals Court has ruled in favor of Sunset Beach in a lawsuit involving an alleged sexual assault by former town police officer Isaac Krammes.
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UNC defendants ask Appeals Court for immunity against protesters’ suit
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill officials are asking a federal Appeals Court to reject portions of a lawsuit filed by protesters who were banned from campus in 2024.
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Voter ID critics appeal recent ruling upholding NC law
Critics who have been challenging North Carolina’s voter identification law for more than seven years in federal court are appealing the latest ruling upholding the law.
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Plaintiffs appeal federal court ruling on NC same-day voter rules
Plaintiffs are appealing a federal judge’s recent ruling upholding a North Carolina law linked to same-day voter registration rules.
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State seeks stay over class action in jail mental health services suit
State health regulators are asking a judge to pause his consideration of class action status for a lawsuit targeting mental health services provided to North Carolina jail inmates.
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Settlement could ‘heavily restrict’ NC juveniles’ solitary confinement
A proposed federal lawsuit settlement would “heavily restrict” the North Carolina Department of Public Safety from confining juvenile detainees in their cells.
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Federal judge allows suit over jail mental health services to proceed
A federal judge will allow a lawsuit to proceed against a North Carolina state agency over mental health services provided to jail inmates.
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Federal judge upholds NC law changing same-day voter rules
A federal judge has rejected left-of-center groups’ challenge of a North Carolina law linked to same-day voter registration rules.
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Federal judge upholds NC voter ID law two years after trial
A federal judge has upheld North Carolina’s voter identification law nearly two years after holding a trial in a lawsuit challenging the ID requirement.
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SCOTUS will be asked to take second look at NC Blackbeard case
Plaintiffs in a decade-old copyright dispute related to the recovery of pirate Blackbeard’s sunken flagship plan another appeal to the nation’s highest court.
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Former student’s lawsuit over UNC expulsion scheduled for May trial
An expelled University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student will be able to take his case against the university and campus officials to a federal jury trial in May.
